The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-12
THIRTY REPORTED KILLED.

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A Leass r,s,y P..,,. r.,,veA. and Pres..
big Mn.y Msrs-A Fact Freight Crashes
late = Passenger Train on the Chicase
and Atiantie-A eress Hiundsr Followed
sya WIN, Easrs 70 :, supprs' s, ne r.ess
Dese sns w .rr' co ~. ~, M'es
Awss-Terr'sls sss.ss at the Wreck.
KoUrs IND, oct. 1.-the horrors OF Chats
worth wore duplicated hero to-day. dozen
blood-stainod. sinoke-bogrimed. Injured vlo-
Tins OF railroad carelessness or laundering
wero brought into the villages little station
house early this morning. and this afternoon
nine charred corpses. victims OF the same blum
dering or carelessness. were laid upon tho sta
tion platform. while three miles west, down
the track OF tho Chicago and Atlantic Railway.
near lonely old water tank. piles OF fearfully
tangled debris marked the spot where col
lision. seldom sQualled for terrible results. had
occurred. According to the best estimate OBJ
tainable. for only an estimate was possible.
fully thirty human lives had been sacrificed
outright and half that number Of persons had
suffered injuries more orless serious. The east
bound express that left Chicago last night with
m.nt's warning, during q temporary wait been
smashed into irom behind By a loaded fast
freight. plunRing madly forward In the dark.
in hurrying dressed meat to the markets Of the
Some par. Of the machinery Of the passenger
tho run from Chicago. A triiing stop at the
water tank NIX would .S make It all fgn was
Srad.n,. .a ~. ' - ~ ~, w. sa.sns.a hahsnI
sss q. 00i nash Af heassa 0'n tho
Iusn ana ra.'io Of many man wheels ana
s deadly T ; It's massive s.s.t
ms s ' ahead BY the freight It crushed
into the cara forward. smashing their compare
lively light timbers. and making the work Of
complete The wreSa s. took
sie' sno INC siens OF sne snriek,ns sic.lms ana
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ana ssa.ea toward honts' NO. ~ puhea Gu.
ovs.n ho1 s ~ usd hsvs waed mues
when we we're well away from the town We
were not running very fast because the engine
was on one side" We had broken an eccen.
wheels. having been forced 10 disconnect the
Sther pair. which were running loose or
s the Sss o s ssd b ,ss e sSr Sewn
80 would have AM dSats # ks;spng Of
lie Boune Grove WATER tank, and we're sp there
almost q minute before they struck U.s."
ss u sSs 9aos be-
that had 80 recently taken place. All the dead
only two Of the wounded were stili In tho VII,
deaf ana dumb 10 sli sesk On after formation.
inEt6n. over NIFTY nniles distant. t9 obtain the
sss o wi sRs' s.ss x%Ss s tie only
person about and willing TO tell the details OF
ass1S, Sss Re % hs DSsi
nS he RSsasSS nc s snd 9
dsncs. Dr. Hckse fenassed noble service. He
had scant Time to give pts experience IN detail,
Would NOT Be- over. stating the iaets to say That
the COLLISION had cost the lives Of July thirty
RSnns vhsn he sashsa the Sess ana
he Immediately began to, give his ser
yicss to the wounded. Those who were
pouiy, Wugu Tug Ctuon SuhVs ny Boys
must have had little chance for their lives, so
quickly had the cars taken IRE and 20 thorough
was the work Of the flames, As an illustration
1t a correct idea Of its magnitude, the Doctor
said that probably not e soul would have been
the Miller family OF six had not their boy been
sayed. Dr. Mckee stated that only nine bodies
Ead been recovered, and they were 80 badly
eharred as to be almost beyond recognition,
me most ieit OF any Of them ,t being blackened
handfg!s Of ashes, The nine were as follows:
The Miller family OF Dundee-father, mother,
Two brothers. and girl tTheir l4-year-old
p9y Herman Will probably die also.)
" Perry OF North Judson. Ind.
n Perry,s vile.
Pr Perry's daughter. aged IL
Ayoung Irish woman.
Superintendent Parsons OF tho Chicago and
htian l was seen late In the altern9on gloom
more bodies could be found nndor the wreck.
and not more than eisySn s or twoIye hurt none